On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Ken Archer wrote:
one of my "have-to-have" programs is Rpmfind. When you have to satisfy a
dependency it will find the file for you. Such as
# rpmfind libdps.so.1
It will find the file you need and download it for you. You can check it out
here:
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Ken Archer wrote:
one of my "have-to-have" programs is Rpmfind. When you have to satisfy a
dependency it will find the file for you. Such as
# rpmfind libdps.so.1
It will find the file you need and download it for you. You can check it out
here:
Daniel Woods wrote:
When using .tar.gz or .tgz files, it is easy to see what the list
of files are. As well, you can easily untar it wherever you want.
I want to know how to do this with RPMs.
Just drop the RPM on to a kpackage window and click the File List
tab. Each file in the list
rpm -q -l -p some-rpm-file.rpm
Stew Benedict
When using .tar.gz or .tgz files, it is easy to see what the list
of files are. As well, you can easily untar it wherever you want.
I want to know how to do this with RPMs. I can't seem to find a
way to check the contents of an RPM or SRPM to determine *where*
it will try to install them. I
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To: Expert Linux list
Subject: [expert] RPM content list before installing
When using .tar.gz or .tgz files, it is easy to see what the list
of files are. As well, you can easily untar it wherever you want.
I want to know how to do this with RPMs. I can't seem to fin
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Carver, Paul, NLSOP wrote:
You can definitely do it. Check the man page. I think you have to add "-p
filename" in addition to the "-ql". I'm not sure that "p" is the right
option though.
Ok, I missed that one. Using 'rpm -qp package-mdk.i586.rpm' works.
And using 'rpm
one of my "have-to-have" programs is Rpmfind. When you have to satisfy a
dependency it will find the file for you. Such as
# rpmfind libdps.so.1
It will find the file you need and download it for you. You can check it out
here:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/rpmfind.html
On Thu, 10
If you open KDE using startx and then in X-Windows, you can select the RPM file,
and a box will open allowing you to view the contents before you install the
RPM file. This also allows you to browse the already installed RPM's and
uninstall those that you don't want. Only problem is one can
